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Celtic striker Craig Beattie has completed his £1.25million move to West Brom.

The Scotland international has signed a three-year contract with the Baggies – with an option for a further year – after passing a medical at The Hawthorns. The fee could rise by a further £500,000 depending on performance-related add-ons.

West Brom boss Tony Mowbray was delighted to land the 23-year-old player, saying: “Craig will bring qualities to our team that we lacked last season. He still has room for development in his game and he will hopefully progress here as a footballer.”

He added: “Craig has shown a determination and desire to do well in England and already has Champions League and international experience. His main attributes are playing on the shoulder of the last defender.

“He utilises his pace and power well and manages to get in behind defences to score goals.”

Beattie was released by boyhood club Rangers before moving across Glasgow to Parkhead.

He made his senior debut as a substitute in Celtic’s Champions League qualifying win over Kaunas in August 2003.

Beattie made a flying start to the 2005-06 campaign, netting seven times in his first 14 games, and became the first Scot since Gerry Creaney to score in three consecutive games for Celtic.

But an injury suffered against Dundee United in the October forced the Glasgow-born forward to sit out the rest of that season.

After representing Scotland at every level from under-19s upwards, Walter Smith gave him his senior debut as a substitute in a World Cup qualifier against Italy at Hampden Park in September 2005.